Aug. 11-13 is the annual Northeast Organic Farming Assoc. conference at Hampshire College, in Amherst MA.  For those interested in sustainable food production in this climate, there's no better event in western New England, and few better in the world.

Below is a list of workshops.  More information can be gotten from:
http://www.nofamass.org/conferences/s2006/index.php

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1:30 PM
Creating Community Through School Gardens
Herd Health-Alternative Treatment Options
Making Local Media Work for You (& Ag)
Eat Your Heritage! Ethnic Gardeners
Attracting Insects to Your Garden
International Appropriate Technology
Broody Hens & Healthy Hens on a Family Farm
Sweden’s Natural Step Framework
Fantastic Flowers: Flowering Plants as Herbal Allies
VT Feed (VT Food Education Every Day)
Soils, Water & Plant Relationship
Gardening with Ferns
Homestead Discussion & Idea Exchange
Legacy of the Peacemaker
Breeding Better Varieties for NE Organic Farms
Cuba’s Ecological Pathway: D. Levins
Practical Plumbing for the Homestead
Climate Change, Agriculture & Renewable Energy
Bovine Leukemia Virus, Connections of Cow & Human Cancer
Beyond Pesto!
Beginner’s Guide to Tractor Maintenance & Use

Teens:
Milking Around the World
Tie Dye

Children:
Racing Turtles (5-6)
Chickens Make Great Pets! (all ages)
Didgeridoo: (all ages)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 3:30 PM
Introduction to Natural Building: Sarah Machtey & Mark Piepkon
Managing & Promoting Farm Ed. Programs
Why Can’t I Digest my Food?
The Laundry Line: Why Do We Hang It Out to Dry?
Waste Equals Food: Sustainable Homesteading
CSA’s Around the World
Commercial Organic Blueberry Production
Aromatherapy De-Mystified!
Winter Salad Green Production
My Weed-less Garden
Holding on to Organic
Cottage Gardening Through the Seasons
What’s Killing My Crops? Plant Disease ID
Low Cost Range Feeder for Gees
100 Ways to Cut your Energy Bill
Who Controls Our Food?: Brian Tokar
Update on Chinese Medicinal Herb Production
Land Conservation Option
Creating Your Niche
Tie Dy
The Physical Language of Plant
Hampshire College Farm Tour

Teens:
Nia Technique

Children:
Spinning Rabbits (7-12)
Lesson from the Beehive (all ages)
Paper Making (7-12)
Games from Victorian Times & Before (7-12)
Carding & Felting Wool (all ages)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 6:30 AM
Nia Technique: The Body’s Way to Joy
Yoga & Meditation in the Morning

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 8:00 AM
Raw Milk Information for the Wise Consumer
Local Money for a Local Economy
Home Worm Composting
Business Planning: An Introduction for Farmers
A Sacred Earth Circle
Low/Positive Impact Forestry
Blueberry Growing On the Homestead
Small Organic Apple Orchard
A Tale of Two Homesteads
Eating Oil: Energy in the Food System
Farm Pond Aquaculture
Growing Grapes in New England
The 2007 Farm Bill: Advancing Organic Agriculture
Adventures in New Zealand Homesteading
Indoor Composting with Red Worms
Helping the World Survive the End of Cheap Energy
Avian Influenza Activities as They Relate to Poultry
How & Why to Build Your Own Straw-Bale Home
Making Sourdough Bread at Home
Why’s & How’s of Shee
Food Bank Farm Tour: Weed & Harvest Management
Hands-On Earth Building, Part 1
Wild Weed & Medicinal Plant Walk
Hands on Draft Horses

Teens:
Engaging Youth in Agriculture & Enterprise
Introduction to Gojukai Karate

Children:
Earth Building (all ages)
Hampshire College Farm Tour (all ages)
Patchwork Quilting (9-12)
Sing Your Heart Out! (all ages)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 10:00 AM
The Earth Charter: Blueprint for Sustainability
Victory Gardens
How to Write Press Releases & Other Farm Publicity
Ecovillages & Social Change
Progress in Saving the Planet-The Big Picture
Negotiation Skills for Everyday Use
Organic Hog Management
The Farm Individuality - Basis & Centerpiece of Biodynamics
Cosmology, Farming & Bioregionalism: Sister Miriam McGillis
Miso-Making at Home
Winter CSA
Drip Irrigation for Your Garden
Having a Sabbath in your Life
Tree Biology & Tomorrow’s Heritage Trees
Foot Massage
Growing Organic Fiber for Clothing in the Northeast
Photographing Farms: Art & Activism
Value Added Products in Support for a Regional Food System
National Animal ID: Govt/Corp Power Runs Amok?
Creating a Farm & Homestead on Marginal Land (While Penniless)
Just Food: NYC Opportunities for Regional Farmers
Eating Wilder: Including Wild Foods in the Diet
Cow Talk
Tour of Hampshire College CSA
Hands-On Earth Building, Part 2

Teens:
Introduction to Irish Dancing
Eating What You Grow
From Archimedes to Africa: Water Pumps (7-12)
Working with Oxen (all ages)
Nature Games & Explorations (5-12)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1:00 PM
Medicinal Herbs of New England
Setting up a “Grade A” Dairy
Connect Businesses w/ Farmers
A Sick Sheep is Not a Dead Sheep
Nature as Model: Gardening with High Schoolers
Farm Camp Challenges & Opportunities
Research Update on Organic Materials Used in Landscapes
Farmy Cooking for Beginners
Organic Gardening 101
Growing Great Fall Brassicas
Raising Healthy, Organic Children
How to Get Started in Beekeeping
Biological Control - What is Worth the Money?
Long Term Water Quality Monitoring
A Walk for Land to Put in Trust
Conserving Energy on the Farm
The Source of Dis-ease: Inside-Out / Outside-In
Questioning the Invasive Species Paradigm
Garbage, Food & Energy: How We Make a Difference
Essence of Indian Cooking
Working With Oxen on an Educational Farm
Tour of Nasami Farm
Edible Forest Garden for Your Backyard
Knitting & Soap Bubbles
The Sixth Sense: Discover Your Intuitive Mind

Children:
Parade Prep (all ages)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 6:30 AM
Nia Technique: The Body’s Way to Joy
Yoga & Meditation in the Morning

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 8:00 AM
CSA Risk Management
Community Composting
Writing for Health, Part Tw
Back-Saving Biomechanics
Produce & Market African & Asian Crops
Estimating Landscape Projects
Water-Friendly Landscaping
Winter Vegetable Production
Innovative & Extensive Cover Cropping in the Market Garden
Seed Saving, Brassicas & Grains
Asparagus
A Diverse Farm in Urban Sub Tropical Bermuda
On-Farm Biodiesel Production
Labyrinth for Home Garden Farm
Ecosystem Mimicry: Pattern Language for Garden Design
Living the Life You’ve Always Wanted
Brookfield Farm (CSA) Tour
Making Your Own Flavored Oils & Vinegars
Watch Where You Step: Ecological Footprints

Children:
Duck, Duck, Goose (all ages)
East Meets West: Dragons (7-12)
Decoupage Discovery (all ages)
The Knitting Gritty (9-12)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 10:00 AM
City Chickens: Keeping Hens in Cities & Suburbs
The Benefits of Organic Gardening with Children
Natural Building Round Table
CranioSacral Therapy and Compassionate Touch
Primitive Weaving on a Warp Weighted Loom
Remineralization
Building Healthy Soil at Peacework Farm
Rain Gardens in Detail
Creating a Healing Environment w/Integrative Nutrition
Growing Fertile Soil
The Skeptical Gardener on Compost Tea & Other Myths
Farm Systems for Organic Vegetable Farms
Farming with the Community
Organic 100% Grass Fed Beef
Radical Urban Sustainability Training
Raw Milk Production
Raspberry Basics
Birthing - A New Paradigm
Yogurt Making
Ethical Wild Crafting & the Lunar Calendar
Simple Gifts Farm Tour - Start-up CSA

Teens:
The Perennial Challenge

Children:
Riddles, Rhymes & Playing w/ Words ( 7-12)
Simple Gift Making (7-10)
Children’s World Percussion Circle (5-10)
Wild Observation: Nature Journaling (9-12)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1:00 PM
Tree Medicine - Tree Magic
Race, Class & the Urban Challenge to Organics
Diaper-less Babies
Trace Elements, Fertility & Health
Potatoes
Multi-Species Poultry
Identifying Diseases of Vegetables & Floriculture
Seed Saving, Cucurbits and Nightshades
Local Food for All
Toxic Soil Busters: Cleaning Up Our Soil
Singing for Love of Land & Life
Basics of Canning & Freezing
Work Horses in the Market Garden
Basic Felting
Tour of Side Hill Farm
Weed Wisdom Walk
Tour of Red Fire Farm

Teens:
Growing Your Own Multicultural Garden

Children:
Exploring Insects (all ages)
Creative Dance & Movement (5-8)
Birds of a Feather! (all ages)
A Feast of Edible Flowers (9-12)
Beeswax Wonders